RSS Bookmark Reader

Follow a source; save a particular item

A feed subscription and a saved article have different jobs. Use subscriptions to discover new items and a deliberately small saved collection to choose your next reads. Give the saved mark one primary meaning so it does not become an undifferentiated mixture of reference, interest, and obligation.

The RSS specification permits item descriptions that are a synopsis or content. Inspect a feed entry against the publisher’s page before treating it as a complete copy. A title, excerpt, and link may be enough for discovery but not for an offline reading session.

Build a queue around a question

When an item looks useful, note why you saved it. A project question is often a better organizing label than a broad topic. Read from your selected set rather than returning to the incoming feed every time you finish a paragraph.

You are allowed to skip entries. An unread count is not a reading assignment. Review whether each subscription serves your current interests and reduce noise before building an elaborate system of tags.

Verify retention and portability

Use a few nonessential items to test saved states, reading states, and the effect of removing a subscription. Inspect a sample export to learn whether it contains only feed addresses or also article information. Do not infer one behavior from another.

For offline needs, follow the saved website workflow. For ongoing triage, use the saved bookmark guide. You can also follow this site through its RSS feed, which includes full article bodies and entries for the substantive topic guides.